Asurindaka Bharadvaja, Asurindaka-bhāradvāja: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOne of the Bharadvajas.
His interview with the Buddha is described above, in the Asurinda Sutta.
He was the third of the Bharadvaja brothers, all of whom eventually became followers of the Buddha (MA.ii.808).
The name (demon chief) is so pagan for a Brahmin says Mrs. Rhys Davids (KS.i.203,n.2), and the Buddhas reply so suggestive of Sakkas (in Samyutta i.221) that a bifurcated or transferred legend seems fairly plausible.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Bharadvaja.
Full-text: Akkosaka Bharadvaja, Bharadvaja.
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